| Nov-28-03 |
| mprchess: How do you pronounce this guy's last name? |
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Nov-29-03
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| paulalbert: More or less:
F with almost no vowel sound, then ( I think in Slovak the c has an accent to indicate the ch sound) tahch, then nick F-tac-nik
I know him from his teaching in Danny Kopec's chess camp last summer. A strong GM as well as excellent chess writer and teacher.
Since I do not know Slovak, this is based on my hearing his name pronounced by Slovak speakers. Paul Albert |
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| Feb-25-04 |
| ctrlaltdel: f-touch-nyik
the [touch] is a longer sound tho. in slovak his name is ftáènik (the line on "a" means the vowel is longer, the v-mark on the "c" means it is 'ch' sound) i believes he plays the german league now, maybe he plays here in slovakia too, but i didn't come across any info about him recently here. |
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| Feb-25-04 |
| ctrlaltdel: (view the page with CE encoding to see the characters correctly ;) |
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| Jul-06-04 |
| rochade18: <ctrlaltdel> Yes he plays in the German "Bundesliga", for the Hamburger Chess Club |
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Dec-29-04
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| Benzol: Lubomir Ftacnik
Born 30th October 1957 in Bratislava
Awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1980.
He was European junior champion 1976-77 and won the Czech championship in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. |
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| Feb-07-05 |
| DP12: My best understanding of the pronounciation would read something like Fachnik. For his calculating style he is referred to by some people in Slovakia as "Fritz." |
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| Oct-05-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Ljubomir's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/ftac.html |
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Oct-05-05
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| paulalbert: Since Lubomir ( no "j" in his first name ) is our player of the day, I would like to make a few comments. I know Lubomir from Danny Kopec's summer chess camps where he is frequently the GM instructor, and I have had the pleasure of taking a few private lessons with him. Lubomir, along with IM Danny Kopec, is a co-author of "Winning the Won Game: Lessons from the Albert Brilliancy Prizes" (published by Batsford earlier this year) which is based on the 64 games that have won my brilliancy prizes from 1983-2003 at both the men's and women's U.S. Championship Tournaments. I had the honor of writing the foreword to this very instructive book. Lubomir is not only a strong chessplayer, but also a great person and excellent teacher, and a credit in every way to the wonderful game of chess. Paul Albert |
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Nov-29-05
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| Honza Cervenka: <paulalbert> <Since Lubomir ( no "j" in his first name )...> You are right but in Slovak there are two different consonants "L". One of them is softer (so called soft l with diacritical mark - ¼, ¾) and it is pronounced alike Serbo-Croatian consonant "Lj" in Ljubojevic, Komljenovic, Rogulj or Russian Bogoljubov. Consonant "L" in Slovak name Lubomir (exactly ¼ubomír) is the soft variation. (I can see it correctly displayed with Central European (Windows-1250) coding in my browser.) |
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Nov-29-05
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| Honza Cervenka: By the way, Lubo Ftacnik is a Slovak player, not Czech. In 1980s he was a Czechoslovak champion (not Czech) for several times and it also should be mentioned that he was a member of "silver" Czechoslovak national team on Luzern Chess Olympiad in 1982. |
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Nov-29-05
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| Benzol: <Honza> my apologies. The bio was written by me so I must take responsibility for the mistakes contained. Please feel free to point out any others you find. Cheers mate. :) |
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| Nov-29-05 |
| Larsker: <Please feel free to point out any others you find.> It should read "1st at Esbjerg 1982". (Esbjerg is a Danish coastal city where the North Sea Cup is held every year). |
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Nov-29-05
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| Honza Cervenka: Ftacnik's performance in Luzern 1982 was quite interesting. He made almost unbelievable, excellent result with black pieces winning five games (against Mark Condie, Lars Karlsson, Bozidar Ivanovic, Lev Polugaevsky and Lawrence Day) and drawing three (with Adam Kuligowski, Mihai Suba and Gyula Sax). Unfortunately, his play with white pieces was far less impressive with two losses (against Jonathan Speelman and Helmut Pfleger), two draws (with Fernando Silva and James Tarjan) and only two wins (with Phillip M. Short and Hans Ree). Of course, Ftacnik's overall record in Luzern was not bad and it was crucial part of final success of whole team: 1. Vlastimil Hort +4=6-3
2. Jan Smejkal +7=6-1
3. Lubomir Ftacnik +7=5-2
4. Vlastimil Jansa +2=2-2
5. Jan Plachetka +5=2-1
6. Jan Ambroz +0=1-0 |
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| Mar-29-06 |
| DP12: Lubomir Ftacnik will be coming to the US to teach a camp in Philadelphia from June 26-30th(along with GM Christiansen and IM Milman) and then to play in the World Open. http://www.olympicchesscamp.com
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| Jun-08-06 |
| GrimsFairyTale: Hi, my name is David Grimaud, Secretary of the South Carolina Chess Association, a USCF affiliate. In order to promote USCF chess in South Carolina, both GM Lubomir Ftacnik and IM Dr. Danny Kopec will be giving a lecture and tandem simul in Columbia, SC, on Monday, June 19. (This event is sponsored by Precision Tune Auto Care.) GM Ftacnik will also be playing in the South Carolina Chess Open in Greenville, SC, June 23 - 25. For more information, please contact me at DWGrimaud@aol.com. Please put "Lubo Ftacnik" in the heading of your e-mail. |
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| Jun-27-06 |
| GrimsFairyTale: GM Ftacnik went 38-0 in four evenings of simuls in Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville, S.C. He placed first in the S.C. Open, 5-0. His only real competition was Ronald Burnett, who tied for second. |
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| Jun-27-06 |
| GrimsFairyTale: Correction...that's 38-0 in THREE evenings...not four. |
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| Oct-30-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Ljubomir Ftacnik FTACNIK, Lubomir
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ftacnik_lub...
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